September 15, 2015 - An American Airlines executive from Texas has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. The one-count indictment named Ray Wickliffe Howland, 55, of Arlington, Texas, as the sole defendant.

According to the indictment, on or about June 25, 2015, Howland used facilities and means of interstate and foreign commerce, specifically a computer, an iPad, the Internet and the telephone, to knowingly attempt to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity.

Howland was arrested at a hotel in Moon Township, Pennsylvania in the sting operation. Since that time he has been held at the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail ever since.

Howland allegedly sent emails to a detective who was posing as a 32-year-old mother with a 10-year-old daughter. Howland stated he was coming into town wanted to meet up to have sex, he was looking to meet 'a family or a couple of girls' for the encounter.' Howland was explicit in his emails and text messages the sexual acts he hoped to engage in.